Buyela Surname
Approximately 1,278 people bear this surname
Buyela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 673 | 1:68,618 | 6,545 |
| Uganda | 565 | 1:69,096 | 7,708 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| South Africa | 19 | 1:2,851,458 | 109,033 |
Buyela (49) may also be a first name.
Buyela Demographics
Average Buyela Salary in
South Africa
R 50,448
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Buyela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Buyela Come From? nationality or country of origin
Buyela is found most in Kenya. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Buyela? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 298,032nd most commonly used last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,702,305 people. The last name Buyela occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Buyela live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 65 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Buyela is also the 1,430,306th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, borne by 49 people.
The last name Buyela is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 673 people, or 1 in 68,618. In Kenya it is most prevalent in: Bungoma County, where 88 percent live, Trans Nzoia County, where 11 percent live and Kakamega County, where 1 percent live. Apart from Kenya it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 44 percent live and The DR Congo, where 2 percent live.
Buyela Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Buyela earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 78.77% less than the national average, earning R 50,448 per year.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Buyela
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